Cover Shot :- L'Officiel India - Twinkle Khanna and Akshay Kumar

Bollywood's current 'It' couple have graced the cover of L'Officiel India . Twinkle is wearing the same purple Dior gown as Shilpa on Harper's . The choice of Twinkle seems apt. She is always impeccably dressed, her husband Akshay Kumar is the ruling king of bollywood having knocked Shahrukh firmly off the pedestal. The Cover works alot better than the Vogue one in terms of styling and overall presentation.

Harper's Bazaar India - Shilpa

Finally Uncovered : Shilpa is wearing Dior Pre Fall. Loving the purple on the cover ;) and the minimal text . Not a fan of the hair.

Tom Ford IS BACK!

Image from Telegraph word press

According to Twitter Vogue UK , Tom Ford is back to designing for women. While my favourite designer is Alber Elbaz I do love Tom Ford. I was first exposed to high fashion when FTV was launched in India and carried his shows. It was probably the first runway show I had ever seen with a very young Carmen Kass walking the ramp. What Tom did was unique, jaw dropping and controversial . Always pushing the envelope haven't seen any designer do something like him. He even went to the extent of painting his model's nipples purple. ( Right colour ) His women were always sexy, sophisticated and modern. Gucci hasn't been the same since he left.

His Fall 1996 runway show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njFcEohDJBQ&feature=related

Shilpa Shetty in Harper's Bazaar India October 2009

Shilpa Shetty may be the 'it' woman in India but other than starring in a D grade celebrity show in the UK she will always remain a C grade actress in Bollywood who had zero taste in clothes. This sudden clamour to feature her on magazines is all due to the fact she got herself a sugar daddy and wears labels but has little taste. Personally I like the 2nd image of the backdrop.

Vogue India October 2009

Vogue India celebrates their 2nd year anniversary this October. Their aim was to recreate the magic of India's favourite onscreen couple Kajol and Shahrukh.However this again is another disappointing cover . It looks as if it ought to be on the cover of Filmfare or any other magazine dealing with Bollywood.Sharukh looks very wannabe 20 with his open shirt and gelled hair. Kajol is flawless but her expression seems pained.Wished they did something more fashion forward and more international looking. Any opinions?

Intern Chronicles

As anyone in the publishing industry will tell you, 'Closing' the issue is a period of immense stress. Pages get added, some dropped , some changed with a drop of a hat . Its also the period Edit , Art , Photo all secretly plan on joining forces to assassinate the Editor in Chief.

As an intern working for the first time in such a publication in a largely estrogen filled team the bitchiness tends to come out right in the open. Ideas are shoved aside,rumours are spread and eating disorders rampant. Ideas are blatantly lifted from rival publications and images worth a few 1000 $ are bought with a blink of an eye and raises of salaries met with harsh glares.

Today on the last day of closing, our cover changed twice, a story by a reader stock images were used as some were not pretty enough . The features team bitched openly , the stylist looked through references at Jak and Jill.

Life is all about an LV bag.

Sex and the City : 80s revisited

pictures :- Celebutopia

SATC 2 revisits the 80s! SJP's outfit looks like she was styled by Madonna .While I wouldn't mind exploring the origins of the fab four , 40 year olds parading as 20 somethings uggh!

Fab Find :- Fab India Wooden Bangle and Earrings

Not the best picture I admit. I found these beautiful red bangle and earring set at FabIndia on a recent trip there for a very affordable price of Rs 160. Was available in 4 colours Black, Green,Navy Blue and Red. Im glad FabIndia is also focusing on jewellery which is affordable.